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Broadsides Printed Quickly and Posted Throughout a Town MAKING THE REVOLUTION: AMERICA, 1763-1791 PRIMARY SOURCE COLLECTION __BROADSIDE NEWS__ of the American Revolution * Wartime news based on “fresh intelligence” was spread through one-page broadsides printed quickly and posted throughout a town. 1776. News: British evacuation of Boston, March 17. Content: Letter dated March 21 from Boston resident to a resident of (probably) New York City. As reported from: Boston, Massachusetts. As reported (printed) in: New York City, New York (?). 1777. News: Repulsion of British at Saratoga, Oct. 6. Content: Letter dated Oct. 9 from Gen. John Glover, near Stillwater, New York, to Gen. William Heath, Boston. As reported from: Boston, October 13. As reported (printed) in: Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 1777. News: Repulsion of British attacks on New Jersey forts near Philadelphia, Oct. 23. Content: Three letters dated Oct. 23 from officers in Red Bank, New Jersey, to Gen. Washington. As reported from: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by order of the Continental Congress (printed in Lancaster, Penn.) 1779. News: Battle of Stono Ferry, S.C., June 20. Content: News from a man “this moment arrived” in Providence (perhaps June 21), as heard in Philadelphia from a man newly arrived from South Carolina; confirmed by Boston men who heard news from another S.C. man. As reported from: Providence, Rhode Island, June 21 (?), 4pm. As reported (printed) in: Worcester, Massachusetts, June 21. 1780. News: American repulsion of British attack during siege of Charleston, S.C., April 25. Content: Letter (excerpt) dated May 10 from Edenton, N.C., postmaster reporting news “from very good Authority.” As reported from: Edenton, North Carolina, May 10. As reported (printed) in: Baltimore, Maryland, May 20. 1781. News: British retreat after defeat in Battle of Guilford Courthouse, N.C., March 15. Content: Letter (excerpt), dated March 23, from Major Gen. Nathanael Greene, Buffalo Creek, N.C. As reported from: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 7. As reported (printed) in: Boston, Massachusetts. 1783. News: Preliminary peace treaty signed in Paris, January 21. Content: Report from French warship that arrived in Philadelphia Feb. 23 from Cadiz, Spain, after “a passage of 32 days.” As reported from: –New York City, March 26, via “an express from New Jersey” –Philadelphia, March 24, via a news broadside brought to New York by Lewis Morris –Worcester, Mass., April 1, 5pm, via a man delivering New York broadside of letter from president of the Continental Congress (n.d.) As reported (printed) in: Worcester, Massachusetts. * ® Copyright © National Humanities Center, 2010/2013. AMERICA IN CLASS : americainclass.org/. Images identified through Early American Imprints, American Antiquarian Society with Readex/NewsBank, No. 14763, 43383, 43402, 19418, 16702, 17391, 44389; black-and-white digital images from EAI; color images from the individual repositories. Broadsides have been cropped to printed portion (except for the 1780 Baltimore announcement). 2 Courtesy of the Library of Congress. British evacuation of Boston, March 17, 1776. Broadside printed in New York City. 1783 - Scotch Tories [Loyalists], and their property. It is reportedIt that Manly has taken a ship laden with from the American Revolution, 1776 Revolution, American the from Broadside News News Broadside On Friday the [town] crier sentwas toabout order : National Humanities Center Humanities National Lighttext, above theall inhabitants not to stir outof their houses till evening, while they Cambridge: town near Boston. Instant: of this month. Ministerialists: British. Provincials: American Loyalists. Fabian delay: wearing down the opponent. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 3 Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Repulsion of British at Saratoga, New York, October 6, 1777. Broadside printed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 1783 - from the American Revolution, 1776 Revolution, American the from Broadside News News Broadside National Humanities Center Humanities National 29th ult.: 29th of last month, i.e., Sept. 29. Strong Works: fortified earthworks. Repulsion of British Officers’ letters from Red Bank, New Jersey, to General Washington. Washington. General Jersey, to New Bank, Red from letters Officers’ attacks on New Jersey near Philadelphia, October 23, 1777. Broadside printed in Lancaster,Pennsylvania, by order of the Continental Co Four battalions of Germans of battalions Four : Hessian troops hired to fight for Britain. for fight to hired troops : Hessian ngress. Reproduced by permission of the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University. National Humanities Center Broadside News from the American Revolution, 1776-1783 4 R eproduced by permission of eproduced the by permission American Antiquarian Society. Antiquarian American Battle of Stono Ferry, South Carolina, June 20, 1779. Broadside Broadside 1779. 20, June Carolina, South Ferry, Stono of Battle Providence, Rhode Island. Island. Rhode Providence, Viz. : namely. : namely. George Bryan George : lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. governor lieutenant : printed in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts. in printed The battle ended with no clear victory for either side, although the British succeeded in resisting the American attack, which had to be called off due to low ammunition. Of about 1200 American troops, about 30 were killed, 115 wounded, and 155 were reported missing. Of 900 British troops, about 30 were killed, 100 wounded, and an unknown number missing. (Statistics vary.) National Humanities Center Broadside News from the American Revolution, 1776-1783 5 6 Reproduced by permission of the Maryland Historical Society. on, S.C., April 25, 1780. Broadside printed in Baltimore, Maryland. American repulsion of British attack during siege of Charlest 1783 - from the American Revolution, 1776 Revolution, American the from Broadside News News Broadside Instant: of this month. On May 8, shortly after the failed British assault on Fort Moultrie in Charleston harbor, the British captured the fort. On May 12, Charleston fell to the British. Center Humanities National Courtesy of the New York Public Library. chusetts. 7 British retreat after defeat in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, N.C., March 15, 1781. Broadside printed in Boston, Massa 1783 - from the American Revolution, 1776 Revolution, American the from Broadside News News Broadside National Humanities Center Humanities National Buffalo Creek, N.C. Instant: of this month. Gauled: rubbed sore, damaged. Stores: provisions. Published by order of the Continental Congress. 8 Reproduced by permission of the American Antiquarian Society. Preliminary peace treaty signed in Paris, January 21, 1783. Broadside printed in Worcester, Massachusetts. 1783 - from the American Revolution, 1776 Revolution, American the from Broadside News News Broadside National Humanities Center Humanities National Express: mail delivery, usually by stagecoach. Cadiz, Spain. Lewis Morris: delegate to the Continental Congress from New York. Printed paper: broadside. Instant: of this month. Count d’Estaing and Marquis de la Fayette: French officers leading American troops. Stage: stagecoach. Laus Deo: Praise be to God [Latin]. .
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